Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: The Funko Pops in Te Papa’s collection and how they got there, the ancient art of girl rot and a rewatch of Heavenly Creatures on its 30th birthday. But first: Shanti Mathias rails against the pointless online ritual of having to prove you’re a human being.
“At least four or five times in a standard week, I have to fill out a CAPTCHA form to log in to something, and every time it sucks a little bit of my life force out of my body and leaves me wondering why correctly identifying traffic lights is a sign of being human. It’s an experience shared with millions: the dementing feeling of staring at a grainy photo, asked to click the squares with motorcycles or traffic lights, and being told you have done so incorrectly. Or maybe you’ve been puzzling at a line of distorted text, trying to figure out if it reads r0QMjboh or r0OMj0h, or answering a maths question like ‘what does 4+11 =?’ CAPTCHAs like these are so ubiquitous that they feel like they’re part of the fabric of the internet, sitting unquestioned. But they should be questioned – because there’s something very dehumanising about being asked to click an ‘I am not a robot’ box, and the tasks the CAPTCHA asks the user to do are often not just confusing and irritating, but also particularly difficult for people with disabilities.”
Join us for a one-night only live event We’re huge fans of local television here at The Spinoff, and for one night only we want to celebrate some of our all-time faves. Join Alex Casey, Kura Forrester, Rhiannon McCall, Stewart Sowman-Lund and Lyric Waiwiri-Smith at Q Theatre on October 31 as we unearth some beloved TV gems and argue for their place in our history.
One year on from Election 2023, what do we know about the next? Book excerpt: Populists, populism and the 2023 election The iwi and hapū-led projects on the fast track for Māori Where do our spirits go after death? Talkback radio is hell. Can this man save it?
The Spinoff Essay: Why young women like me are rotting in our bedrooms Maya Field: “I went for a walk after spending a day rotting in bed. My flat was out of bin bags, I needed fresh air, and I wanted wine. It was a short walk to the local superette, and I had Fiona Apple and Hole on repeat. Although no longer wrapped up in my bed sheets, I was wrapped up in my own melancholy; had been stewing in it all day. The fresh air helped because when I got back from my walk I began to write about rotting in bed, rather than returning to rot.”
How my collection of Funko Pops ended up in Te Papa Rewatching Heavenly Creatures, three decades on ‘Party in the sky’ over Waiheke: The documentary maker and the UFO encounter Hot new hobby alert: Robot fighting New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week
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